News Week 10 in Manufacturing News Global manufacturing growth plumbs new depths amid trade tensions Global manufacturing growth decelerated in 2018 as a result of trade and tariff barriers, according to the UN’s latest International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics. By Karl Heinrich Lauri 2 min read
News Week 9 in Manufacturing News The US just got the latest sign manufacturing activity is slowing down The Commerce Department said factory orders edged up 0.1% in December, compared with economist expectations for a 0.5% increase. By Karl Heinrich Lauri 3 min read
News Week 8 in Manufacturing News US Manufacturing Production Unexpectedly Contracts in January U.S. factory production unexpectedly contracted in January, shrinking the most in eight months on weakness in the automotive sector and indicating a weak start to the year as headwinds including a trade war with China weighed on factories. By Karl Heinrich Lauri 2 min read
News Week 7 in Manufacturing News Manufacturing wage growth hit its highest level in over a decade The 12-month moving average of wage growth rose to 3.9 percent in December. By Karl Heinrich Lauri 2 min read
ImplementationNews Haribo struggling with production problems after ERP implementation Again, the introduction of new enterprise software creates big problems for a company. This time it hits the gummy-bear manufacturer Haribo. By Karl Heinrich Lauri 3 min read
News Week 6 in Manufacturing News January U.S. Manufacturing Activity Bounces Back While China and Europe Struggle While U.S. manufacturing activity appears to be humming along, elsewhere in the world, it is slowing. By Karl Heinrich Lauri 3 min read
News Week 4 in Manufacturing News U.S. Manufacturing Can Take The Punches – It Is Stronger Than You Think The sub-index for New Export Orders increased, to 52.8 from 52.2, showing that export orders not only kept growing, but grew at a faster pace in December than in the previous two months. By Karl Heinrich Lauri 3 min read
News Week 3 in Manufacturing News The IOT in Manufacturing Market is expected to exceed more than US$ 20.59 Billion by 2022 Manufacturing firms are centring towards expanding their business procedures and generation yield with ideal asset use. By Karl Heinrich Lauri 3 min read
News Week 2 in Manufacturing News The U.S. Tries New Tactics to Prosecute Chinese Chipmaker As the Trump administration and China attempt to end their trade war, the U.S. is pushing forward on a key front of the conflict: a criminal prosecution of alleged trade-secret theft that has helped to hobble China’s aspirations of mass producing memory chips. By Karl Heinrich Lauri 3 min read